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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Foreplay by Sophie Jordan ~ Tour

FOREPLAY:

Before she goes after the life she’s always wanted, she’s about to find the one she needs.

Pepper has been hopelessly in love with her best friend’s brother, Hunter, for like ever. He’s the key to everything she’s always craved: security, stability, family. But she needs Hunter to notice her as more than just a friend. Even though she’s kissed exactly one guy, she has just the plan to go from novice to rock star in the bedroom-take a few pointers from someone who knows what he’s doing.

Her college roommates have the perfect teacher in mind. But bartender Reece is nothing like the player Pepper expects. Yes, he’s beyond gorgeous, but he’s also dangerous, deep-with a troubled past. Soon what started as lessons in attraction are turning both their worlds around, and showing just what can happen when you go past foreplay and get to what’s real…

5 stars - EXACTLY what I love about New Adult and I couldn't put it down!

I
loved Firelight by this author, so when I saw she had a new adult book
coming out, I jumped at the chance to read it. New adult is such a
passion of mine right now and to know that the author is already good
just added to the excitement for this one.

I'll bet
you're wondering WHY I read this one so soon. It doesn't come out until
November after all. Yeah, about that. See I was having a very bad day
and my mood was really bad. How do I deal with that? I get stuck in a
book. It's my coping mechanism. So, I had quite of few choices of
upcoming books and current things I hadn't gotten to yet all nicely
tucked on my kindle. But this one called to me. (I've told you this
before - books call to me. Don't judge!) Yeah, so I started reading
this book (in a REALLY BAD MOOD) at like 6PM. I really don't remember
doing much accept flipping pages and the next thing I knew 5 hours had
passed, the book was over and my bad mood was gone. Yeah, it's that good.

Characters.
Pepper is in her second year of college and has only been kissed by one
boy one time in 10th grade. The V-card is still held. Before you go
and say something about how that's so not gonna happen, let me stop
you. For Pepper, it makes sense. Two things contribute to this. One I
can tell you and the other I can't. She's been in love with her best
friends brother since she was twelve. She has the "I'm not interested
in anyone else" vibe going big time. Put that with the other thing that
I can't tell you, it makes perfect sense. And I love Pepper. She's
smart and strong but she has made a habit of hiding when things get
hard. Her mom taught her that. Strong because of what she went through
in her life. The fact that she made it to college after her upbringing
says so much about her. I love how she learns to be stronger still as
she faces things head on. A couple of times, things go awkward but
she's going back and facing it. I loved that about her.

And
who is she facing? The very yummy Reese, bartender and keeper of many
secrets. I love him to bits. He's gorgeous but he's not the player
Pepper thought. Can't really explain that one but I loved how that
unfolded. I LOVE how he acquired Pepper's phone number! So much respect
for Reese for that one. I love how he takes her honesty over the
awkward moments the way that he does. And that first kiss? LOVE! I
love how he falls for this girl despite what she's looking for. I love
how gentle and patient he is with her as she learns foreplay. Oh and
dang I loved those lessons. YUMMY.

As I told you, I
read it straight through in about 5 hours. Totally involved in the
story, I was surprised a few times. I hoped for the ending I wanted but
things didn't turn out quite the way I expected. Love it when
surprised and happy. The ending is perfect, brilliant and yummy.

When
you take a talented and trusted author and mix the wonderful new world
of new adult, you get Foreplay. DO. NOT. MISS. THIS. ONE. Get this
baby pre-ordered. You will want it the day of and plan to read it
straight through.

As for this series? I'm super excited
to see who gets to be in book 2. I could hope for a couple of
different ones who's story I want. Can't wait and I will drop
everything to read it.

About Sophie Jordan

Sophie Jordan took her adolescent daydreaming one step further and penned her first historical romance in the back of her high school Spanish class. This passion led her to pursue a degree in English and History.

A brief stint in law school taught her that case law was not nearly as interesting as literature - teaching English seemed the natural recourse. After several years teaching high school students to love Antigone, Sophie resigned with the birth of her first child and decided it was time to pursue the long-held dream of writing.

In less than three years, her first book, Once Upon A Wedding Night, a 2006 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Nominee for Best First Historical, hit book shelves. Her second novel, Too Wicked To Tame, released in March 2007 with a bang, landing on the USA Today Bestseller's List